HPV virus refers to human papillomavirus. If a woman is infected with human papillomavirus, she may be infected with it. Human papillomavirus can be divided into high-risk human papillomavirus and low-risk human papillomavirus. Low-risk human papillomavirus can cause some symptoms such as skin warts, while high-risk human papillomavirus can cause some cancers, such as cervical cancer. Human papillomavirus is contagious and mainly spreads through close contact. Close contact or direct contact with the lesion site of an infected person may cause infection. It can also spread through indirect contact, mainly by touching items contaminated by infected individuals. Papillomavirus also spreads through sexual contact, especially some genital viruses and high-risk viruses that cause cervical cancer, which mainly spread through sexual contact. Some papillomavirus can also spread from mother to child. If there is virus in the female birth canal, it will infect the newborn during childbirth.
To prevent human papillomavirus infection, one should avoid close contact with patients, avoid unsafe sex, and get vaccinated for prevention if necessary.
